📍 1886 NC Hwy 133, Rocky Point, Pender County, 28457
Cape Fear Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Rocky Point, Pender County. The school has 462 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Pender County Schools school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. 38% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Cape Fear Middle enrolls 462 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 48% White, 36% Hispanic or Latino and 9.1% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 223 | 48% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 166 | 36% |
| Black or African American | 42 | 9.1% |
| Two or more races | 28 | 6.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
326 of the school's 462 students (71%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 295 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Cape Fear Middle is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NC-70, state senate district 8, state house district 16.
Cape Fear Middle is one of 19 schools in Pender County Schools, based in Burgaw, North Carolina. The district serves 11,073 students district-wide and employs 664 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 462 students, Cape Fear Middle is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe